OWN closes a five letter word with three of the five tiles, so only two letters remain unsolved. Nearly every word on this pattern is one most players already know, which makes it one of the friendliest endings a Wordle board can hand you.
The two open slots almost always hold a consonant pair. Blown, Brown, Clown, Crown, Drown, Flown, Frown and Grown all follow that shape, and Known and Shown are the two that break it with a different second letter.
There are 12 five letter words ending in OWN. Brown, Crown, Clown, Grown and Known are the ones most players know. Known scores 12 in Scrabble, the highest of the group.
5 Letter Words Ending In OWN
Three of the five slots are already fixed, which leaves only the first two letters to identify.
| Adown | Blown | Brown | Clown |
| Crown | Drown | Flown | Frown |
| Grown | Known | Shown | Stown |
5 Letter Words Ending In OWN For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Brown | Shown | Grown |
| Crown | Blown | Clown |
| Flown | Drown | Frown |
| Adown | Stown |
Brown and Clown give the widest letter spread. Blown, Flown and Grown differ by one letter each, so testing B, F and G early separates them fastest.
5 Letter Words Ending In OWN For Scrabble
K and W carry the scoring here, and Known reaches 12 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Known | 12 |
| Shown | 11 |
| Frown | 11 |
| Flown | 11 |
| Crown | 10 |
| Clown | 10 |
| Brown | 10 |
| Blown | 10 |
| Grown | 9 |
| Drown | 9 |
| Adown | 9 |
| Stown | 8 |
5 Letter Words Ending In OWN And Their Meanings
Every word on this pattern with what it means.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Adown | Downward |
| Blown | Carried by the wind |
| Brown | A colour between orange and black |
| Clown | A comic entertainer in a circus |
| Crown | A ceremonial headdress worn by a monarch |
| Drown | To die by submersion in water |
| Flown | Past participle of fly |
| Frown | To furrow the brow in displeasure |
| Grown | Past participle of grow |
| Known | Recognised or familiar |
| Shown | Past participle of show |
| Stown | An old past form of steal |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Brown, Crown, Clown and Known. Grown, Shown, Frown and Drown follow closely behind them.
There are 12 five letter words ending in OWN in standard word game dictionaries. Ten of those are words most players already recognise, which makes this the friendliest ending on the list.
Try Brown. It tests B and R alongside the OWN ending and uses five different letters. Clown covers C and L instead and works equally well.
The top score is 12 points before any board bonus, which Known reaches. Shown, Frown and Flown each score 11.
The three share four of five letters and differ only in the opening consonant. With four green tiles you can still face three candidates, so testing B, F and G in one earlier guess saves a turn.
Five are. Blown, Flown, Grown, Known and Shown all serve as the past participle of a common verb, and Stown is an older form of the same kind.
One does. Adown is the only word on this pattern that opens on a vowel, and it means downward in older usage.
Four are. Brown names a colour, Clown a circus entertainer and Crown a monarch’s headdress, while Frown names an expression as well as the act of making it.
